The Daily Targum 2009-11-03

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Junior Jonathan Mitchell is ready to play with the Scarlet Knights after sitting out a year under NCAA transfer regulations, bringing with him an NCAA Championship while playing with Florida.

State officials to ward off voter issues in county

BY JOHN S. CLYDE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

New Jersey is sending deputy attorney generals to oversee today’s election in the city, which includes a question that aims to change the city’s government from an at-large system to a wardbased system.

The deputy attorney generals will be at ever y polling location where University students typically vote on the New Brunswick/Piscataway campuses and in North Brunswick, said Middlesex County Board of Elections Administrator James Vokral.

“That’s typical because [for] ever y major election, we like to have the deputy attorney generals there to make sure that [things go] smoothly in all the polling locations,” Vokral said.

The deputy attorney generals will have a list of registered students, the name of their residence hall and the associated polling location; as long as students can identify the name of the residence hall where they live, they will be directed to the appropriate polling location, Vokral said. “[Having the deputy attorney generals in student-populated districts is] essential to ensure that students who have the right to vote get their chance to cast their ballots,” said Sixth Ward District 4

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ELECTION POLLING LOCATIONS Students should bring a government issued photo ID with them, such as a driver’s license, but should not wear any campaign-related clothing as per state law.

All polling locations will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

On-Campus Housing Busch Campus Busch Campus Center 604 Bartholomew Rd. Piscataway Brett Hall, Campbell Hall, Clothier Hall, Demarest Hall, Ford Hall, Frelinghyusen Hall, Hardenbergh Hall, Hegeman Hall, Leupp Hall, Mettler Hall, Murray Hall, Pell Hall, Stonier Hall, Tinsley Hall, Wessels Hall Lincoln School 66 Bartlett St. New Brunswick Rockoff Hall, Helyar House, Newell Apartments 124, 65-128, 205-228, Nicholas Residence Hall, Bunting-Cobb Hall, Jameson Hall, Katzenbach Hall, Lippincott Hall, Woodbur y Residence Hall Lord Stirling School 101 Redmond St. New Brunswick

University Center at Easton Avenue First Reformed Church 9 Bayard St. New Brunswick Newell Apartments 2564, 129-204, 229-252, Perr y Hall, Starkey Apartments, Voorhees Residence Hall Parsons Elementary School 899 Hollywood St. North Brunswick Henderson Apartments, New Gibbons, Old Gibbons Labor Education Center 50 Labor Center Way New Brunswick Livingston Campus Livingston Student Center Joyce Kilmer Ave. Piscataway Off-Campus Housing Residents can find their polling location by entering their specific address at https://voter.njsvrs. com/PublicAccess/j sp/PollPlace/PollPl aceSearch.jsp

Information courtesy of ruvoting.rutgers.edu, New Jersey Department of State Division of Elections and Middlesex County Board of Elections.

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College Republican members Alex Cohen and Corina Telavera, left, and Rutgers University Democrats members Monika Chopra and Christopher Pflaum argue the health care, economy and higher education stances of the leading candidates for governor.

U. groups debate issues in final faceoff

BY ARIEL NAGI ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

With the election results just hours away, the Rutgers University Democrats and Rutgers University College Republicans squared off last night in their debate for the 2009 gubernatorial race.

Among the topics discussed were health care, the

economy, job growth, higher education and how these issues would be addressed by the top two candidates, Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Republican Chris Christie.

Debate moderator Jack Yuan said the debate was a good way to promote better interaction among the student groups and to encourage students to vote.

“You see them talking to other people … but you don’t really see them debating with each other,” said Yuan, a School of Business sophomore. “This is really to get as many student votes as possible.”

The debate kicked off with questions regarding health care.

Yuan addressed Christie’s potential mandate-free health care policy, which calls to cut

health care coverage for services such as mammograms and autism screenings.

College Republican member Alex Cohen said mandate-free health care is intended to lower premiums and to reform the state’s health care in a more costeffective way.

“These are policies to

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Poll turnout to break close race for governor

BY MARY DIDUCH ASSOCIATE NEWS EDITOR

If the latest polls are any indication, there is no way to confidently foresee the next governor of the state of New Jersey.

“Anyone who tells you that they know who’s going to win [today] has a message from another universe, because no one can

really predict this,” said Ruth Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics. “This is so close from everything that we can tell that it’s really impossible to predict this.”

Mandel said the determining factor of today’s election would be which candidate brings out the voters.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine and Republican challenger Chris Christie are tied at 42

percent. Independent candidate Chris Daggett holds 10 percent of the vote, according to pollster.com, a Web site that displays the most recent poll results.

From the start of the campaigns last summer, Christie maintained a doubledigit lead ahead of Corzine in the polls,

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Bill to aid in-state immigrant students

BY GREG FLYNN CORRESPONDENT

During a typical week, Douglass College senior Marisol Conde-Hernandez balances 50 to 60 hours working as a waitress with six credits of classes — while grappling with the possibility of being deported due to her undocumented immigrant status.

Conde-Hernandez said she advocates for granting in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants, because she thinks these kinds of students will be able to achieve more when they graduate.

“Education has been the most important factor in my upbringing and in me being who I am,” said CondeHernandez, who has been paying her out-of-state tuition by working. “What’s great about Rutgers is that it’s pretty much

all I’ve ever wanted in education. I always knew I wanted to go to college.”

The possibility of in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants has come into sight with the New Jersey bill S.1036, introduced in the 2008-2009 legislative session.

Dubbed the “In-State Tuition Bill,” the legislation only exempts undocumented students from paying out-of-state tuition if they prove at least three years of continuous residency in the state before graduating from a New Jersey high school, according to the bill.

Students must also file an affidavit with their university stating that they will file an application to legalize their immigration status as soon as they are eligible to do so, according to the bill. It does not offer any preferential spots at any state university or make

undocumented students eligible for any financial assistance.

Ten states, including Texas, California and New York, have passed legislation to allow undocumented immigrants to qualify for in-state tuition at public colleges upon meeting certain criteria, according to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

Any bill granting in-state tuition to undocumented immigrants will not go into effect without the governor’s signature.

Gov. Jon S. Corzine mobilized the Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Immigrant Policy in 2007 to study immigration matters. In April 2009, the panel stated unanimous support for in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants, according to a report released by the state Department of the Public Advocate.

Corzine supported the findings of the report, according to an NJ.com article.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Chris Christie does not support the measure, stating that lawful taxpayers subsidize in-state institutions and are the only ones who deser ve a tuition break, according to Philly.com.

Tom Johnson, the spokesman for Independent candidate Chris Daggett, declined discussing Daggett’s stance on present legislation.

“Chris does not believe in punishing the children of illegal immigrants for their situation,” Johnson said.

Conde-Hernandez dismissed the argument that undocumented immigrants displace citizens during the admissions process.

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Co-creator of Women’s Studies leaves 33-year legacy

BY CHRIS ZAWISTOWSKI STAFF WRITER

Professor Lora Doris “Dee” Garrison may have taken the long road getting into academia and onto the Banks of the Raritan, but her impact at the University will likely last even longer.

Garrison, who died in her sleep during the summer, was a pioneer in women’s studies and an expert on the ’60s and the peace and labor movement, according the Department of History Web site. She taught at the University for more than 33 years, was the co-creator of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies and later an acting program director.

“She is a creation of feminism in the U.S. but she also helped shape it,” said Temma Kaplan, a University professor of histor y. “Her curiosity, her intelligence and her brilliance allowed her to shape things that never would have been done before.”

Garrison was the author of several influential books on women and peace, including the PulitzerPrize nominated “Mary Heaton Vorse: The Life of an American Insurgent,” a biography recounting the life of a fiery labor journalist, feminist and women’s rights advocate, according to the Web site.

But unlike many of her colleagues, Garrison did not take the direct route into academia, said Institute for Women’s Leadership Director Mar y Hartman.

Garrison married young at the age of 19 and had two children by the time she was 22 years old.

“These were the mid-1950s, and I was a full-time housewife and mother,” Garrison said during a 2005 retirement speech.

“Like so many middle class women of that time, I often felt lonely and bored.”

But in 1963, her life changed after reading Betty Friedan’s “The Feminist Mystique.”

“I know all the jokes about that, and I also know the historical studies that have rightly debunked both Friedan and the impact of her book. … Still, it is true,” Garrison said. “I was one of those thousands of previously befuddled women who read it, experienced a life-changing ‘click!’ and forged on to call myself a feminist and to win a degree, a divorce and a job.”

After receiving her bachelor’s degree in histor y from the Fuller ton State College in California and, later, her doctorate in American histor y from the University of CaliforniaIr vine, Garrison joined the newly-formed Livingston College in 1972 and remained

with the University until her retirement in 2005, according to the Web site.

Once she made it into the world of academia, Hartman said she treasured every moment of it.

“Academics very often like to complain about their lot for one reason or another, but Dee would have none of it,” Hartman said. “She regarded being a scholar as absolutely the best professional career in the world.”

“She regarded being a scholar as absolutely the best professional career in the world.”

MARY HARTMAN Institute for Women’s Leadership Director

During her time at the University, Garrison’s research ranged from professionalizing and feminizing the public librarianship with the “Apostles of Culture: the Public Librarian and American Society 18761920” published in 1979 to her 2006 work “Bracing for Armageddon: Why Civil Defense Never Worked,” according to the Web site.

Her work examined the role of women’s civil defense protests of the government’s plans for mass evacuation, protective shelter and emergency relief in the case of a nuclear attack, according to the site.

Dorothy Sue Cobble, a professor of labor studies and history, said Garrison had a gift for narrative that helped make history more accessible to readers.

“She writes in a ver y lyrical way [and] in a ver y provocative way that makes you experience the events and the people she is talking about,” Cobble said.

“She thought a lot about how people should shape a stor y so that people would be interested in it.”

But beyond this research, Garrison was also a proud activist, one of few professors who have been as active outside of the classroom as she was in it, Hartman said.

Garrison was heavily involved in the peace movement, by being an active member of the Board of Directors of the Peace History Society and by attending numerous anti-war rallies, said Professor Allen Howard in an email correspondence.

“In her politics, she helped alert citizens to how leaders misinform and mislead citizens about war, its real costs and its consequences,” Howard said.

It was perhaps in her professorial role where Garrison made her greatest impact at the University.

Garrison stressed student participation in the classroom and tried to create an environment where students could learn from each other, Cobble said.

Many former students sent in written remembrances, many stressing Garrison’s support in helping them improve their writing and analytical skills and even think their way through tough personal and academic problems, Howard said.

“She was critical in a positive way, always demanding students [to] stretch themselves and reach their potential,” Howard said.

It is not students alone who learned from Garrison. All four professors said Garrison influenced the way they teach or even think in one way or another.

“I was given [a] boost of intellectual energy by listening to her, watching her motivate a class and exchanging ideas with her,” Howard said. “She could challenge you to think more.”

Kaplan said the University has one of the strongest women’s studies and women’s history programs in the United States and even the world, and she believes Garrison is a major reason for that.

“I think we will miss her,” Kaplan said.

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POLL: U. campus groups work to moblize student voters continued from front she said. In the final days before the vote, different polls have shown different winners by different percentages.

A highlight of this election is the strong effort put forth

by Daggett.

Mandel said he ran a good campaign, but New Jersey is unlikely to elect an Independent governor.

There is no Independent movement or grassroots organization in the state but Daggett could affect the outcome in another way.

“The conventional wisdom is that he’s pulling more from Chris Christie, and that’s why you don’t see the Corzine campaign attacking him,” Mandel said.

University President Richard L. McCormick has also been a huge advocate of getting out the vote, as the school relies heavily on the state, she said.

Alex Holodak, Rutgers Democrats president, said his group has been working on and off campus to bring voters to the polls.

“A lot of our members will be working [today], going door-to-door [and] making sure people are voting,” said Holodak, a School of Arts and Sciences senior.

They have been utilizing the new vote by mail process, which is easier for students, he said.

“I think it’s easier for a lot of students who live on-campus

and are registered in their hometown,” Holodak said.

Mandel said after the election, it would be interesting to see how the mail-in ballots affected the outcome. “[The Office of the Secretary of State] has been working hard to get the word out about the election to encourage students to register,” she said.

Alex Cohen, chairman of the Christie Coalition for the University, said the student Republicans on campus have been canvassing, phone banking, talking with different student organizations and working with the state party to spread Christie’s message.

“It’s been a lot of work,” said Cohen, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

Corzine has promised to end corruption, improve the economy and provide accountability for the government, but New Jersey has not seen any of that, Cohen said. Christie would bring the state into a new era of politics.

He said it has been difficult to unify young Republicans on a largely liberal campus like the University.

“The Democrats are certainly not as apathetic as the young Republicans,” Cohen said.

On campus, Holodak said he thinks University students favor Corzine more, despite there not being any national election to generate more interest.

School of Arts and Sciences sophomore Brandon Li said he is not going to vote because this election has not garnered a lot of national attention, unlike last year’s presidential race.

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The Issues Jon S. Corzine (D)

Chris Christie (R)

Chris Daggett (I)

streamline, consolidate government

streamline, consolidate government

improve tax system

increase tuition aid grants

increase state and private investment

increase state investment

Abortion

abortion rights

anti-abortion

abortion rights

Gay Marriage

for legalization

against gay marriage

for legalization

Medicinal Marijuana

for legalization

bill needs tighter restrictions, but supports it

bill needs tighter restrictions, but supports it

High Taxes

no plans to increase now, but must balance budget

decrease to spur competition

cut property taxes 25 percent, but expand sale tax

Environment

increase Department of Environmental Protection efficiency and solar power

protect fish in Barnegat Bay and cool water from nuclear power plants

increase DEP efficiency and conserve open space

Economy Higher Education

“[The gubernatorial election] has not generated enough publicity in the source where I get my information,” Li said.

Holodak said the campaign’s use of bringing big names to the state, such as President Barack Obama and former President Bill Clinton, helped Corzine in a rough campaign filled with mudslinging.

“Personally I hate negative campaigning,” Holodak said. “I think it’s a waste.”

But it will continue to happen on both sides of the political divide, as the polls show it is effective, he said.

“I think negative campaigning turns us all off, and the par-

adox is we all hate it but it does its job,” Mandel said.

Despite the intensely negative campaigning between the two major parties, the election saw major distinguishing characteristics.

One was Corzine’s struggle as challenger Christie put up a strong fight.

“No matter who wins, this has been a ver y formidable fight for an incumbent governor,” said Mandel, as incumbency is typically an advantage for politicians.

But in this election, entering the race as an unpopular governor in a difficult economic and political climate did not help Corzine, she said.

This election also saw the historic first ever lieutenant governor’s race.

Mandel said voters cannot choose the lieutenant governor separate from the governor, but Democratic Sen. Loretta Weinberg and Republican Kim Guadagno come from different backgrounds and have different views.

During the campaign, their role was to support their respective gubernatorial candidate, but after the election the new role is unclear.

“I hope [Weinberg and Guadagno] look forward to being in this unique position of creating the mold for a new statewide office,” Mandel said. “It’s a historic moment.”

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Bangladeshi editor flees home after persecution

BY MATT REED

the government of Bangladesh would rather he just go away.

He said the Bangladesh govAlthough Salah Uddin Shoaib ernment told him, “We care about Choudhury has been jailed and you — don’t come back.” his offices bombed several times, Managing Editor of the Jewish the editor and publisher of the State newspaper Seth Mandel said Weekly Blitz continues to publish last year the Bangladesh governhis newspaper every week. The ment withdrew police protection anti-jihadist newspaper based out from Choudhury’s house. of Bangladesh fights against reli“Shoaib’s position puts them in gious extremism and is read by a bind between two sides. On one more than 30,000 subscribers. side, they want to show the West Choudhury told several sto- that they’re really not so bad, and ries Sunday night in the Graduate on the other, they want to show the Student Lounge on the College radical Islamists that they can keep Avenue campus about the way his people like Shoaib under control,” paper has helped to foster civil Mandel said. “We have to keep relations between Shoaib’s case on Muslim and our minds.”

Jewish people in Mandel said in “It was very Bangladesh.

Bangladesh, the In 2006, a clerinteresting to hear Jewish communigyman raped an 8ty has no place to a Muslim who is in get an official year-old girl in a mosque, he said. support of the Jews Jewish burial.

Community leadSchool of Arts and in support ers told the court and Sciences sophshe was a Jew and omore Sam Weiner of Israel.” the court decided said he thinks not to file a case.

Choudhury’s story CHRISTINE CARPENTER When the inforis compelling.

Highland Park resident mation came to “One of the Choudhur y’s most interesting knowledge, he t h i n g s published an editorial demanding [Choudhury] brings to the table is to know why a Jewish girl was that he represents a very tiny perdenied trial. Choudhury’s paper centage of overall opinion that has pressed the government of the power to change the interaction Bangladesh to take action. between the Western world and the “Now, that clergyman has Islamic world,” he said. been convicted and is serving an Highland Park resident 18-year sentence,” he said.

Christine Carpenter said she There are 3,500 Jews in attended the speech because she Bangladesh who identity them- saw a notice in the Jewish State selves as Jehovah’s Witnesses, newspaper about the event.

Choudhury said.

“I’m actually a Christian and Recently, the government of read a lot about Islam. I’m very proBangladesh brought several Israel and pro-Jewish. It was very charges against Choudhury, includ- interesting to hear a Muslim who is ing sedition for attempting to travel in support of the Jews and in supthrough Israel and treason for criti- port of Israel,” Carpenter said. “I cizing militant Islam, he said. thought what he had to say, for the Choudhury said he faces trial most part, was very good. He’s a when he returns to his country but courageous guy.”

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COUNTY: Voters should

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“Rutgers accepted me for a reason because I excel in school, I do well and I’m a positive member of the community,” she said.

“My application doesn’t list me as this poor, undocumented Mexican immigrant.”

Conde-Hernandez and her mother left Puebla, Mexico in 1988 and entered the United States as undocumented immigrants.

Conde-Hernandez moved around Central New Jersey throughout her childhood and graduated from South Brunswick High School.

“I graduated with a 3.5 [grade point average], I was president of the National French Honors Society, I was in the steering committee for the National Honor Society, I was president of the Latino Culture Club, I did HiTOPS — essentially a program that teaches sex-ed through workshops as a senior to the underclassmen — and I worked fulltime senior year also,” she said.

Conde-Hernandez graduated from Middlesex Community College with honors in 2007, transferred into the University in spring 2008 and now lives in New Brunswick.

Under the Immigration and Naturalization Acts, a foreign person entering the United States must apply for a visa. After five consecutive years of permanent residency, the immigrant can apply for naturalization to become a U.S. citizen. A person is classified as undocumented when they enter the country without a visa or they enter with a visa and remain in the country past the allotted term.

Once Conde-Hernandez turned 18, any path that her parents chose to pursue citizenship or residency no longer affected her.

“My parents are in the process of attaining residency,” she said. “I can no longer get residency under theirs because I am no longer a minor.”

Conde-Hernandez is faced with two options upon graduation. She said she can either stay in New Jersey and risk deportation while advocating for reform or return to Mexico to locate her birth certificate and passport, and try to get her documents in order.

“I don’t want to leave New Jersey. It’s all I know,” she said.

“Every recollection, every memory of me ever being conscious is in Jersey.”

Under the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, anyone who has stayed in the United States with undocumented status for more than year is subject to a 10-year bar from re-applying for entry into the United States.

Barred immigrants can appeal for pardons, but CondeHernandez said she is wary of the process.

School of Engineering sophomore Andrej Mitev, a Macedonian immigrant who plans to achieve naturalized citizenry next year, said he understands the complications of immigration law but does not support in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants.

“At the end of the year, they don’t pay state taxes. They do pay sales taxes like everyone else, but that isn’t the same thing,” he said.

Mitev said he has a few undocumented immigrant friends who faced situations similar to those of Conde-Hernandez.

The Corzine and Christie campaigns could not be reached at press time.

Democratic Committeeman Mike Shanahan, who ran last June on the Democrats for Change ticket.

Vokral said a question was raised yesterday morning relating to the amount of identification required for bearers of absentee ballots, and that question was referred to the county clerk’s office.

Rutgers University Student Assembly Chair Werner Born said students are concerned about being required to show identification with their registra-

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tion address on it but believes the If an individual has a concern problem has been resolved. today, they should talk to a poll “Obviously, no one has worker and then to a deputy Hardenbergh [Hall] written on attorney general for advice, their license,” Born said.

Vokral said.

Shanahan, a Rutgers College People can also call the senior, recomMiddlesex County mends that stuof Elections “Obviously, no one Board dents bring a form at (732) 745-3471. of identification to “It would be has Hardenbergh the polls today. awful to see any [Hall] written on If individuals kind of an issue did not provide where students their license. ” identification when can’t vote, especialthey registered to ly in a major elecWERNER BORN vote, they will be tion like this where RUSA Chair asked to show one we’re electing the when they go to governor,” Born vote, Vokral said. The identifica- said. “If there [is] any kind of [contion could include a driver’s cern], I really hope that students license or another document with don’t hesitate to talk to whatever a name and an address. deputy officer might be there.”

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Individuals also have the right to file a provisional ballot if they are initially rejected from voting.

Empower Our Neighborhoods, the city-based grassroots group leading the ward campaign, is sending challengers to polling locations to ensure that registered students are able to vote, Shanahan said.

“We have lawyers with credentials in many polling spots across the city, and we’ll have challengers within the booths to make sure that any student who wants to vote has that right and is able to cast their ballot,” he said.

City Spokesman Bill Bray could not be reached for comment at press time.

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DEBATE: Organizations agree state jobs must increase continued from front star t creating a much more cost-effective program for people who already have insurance,” said Cohen, a School of Ar ts and Sciences junior.

“Mandate-free health care was intended for younger people of our age.”

RU Dems member Monika Chopra said under Corzine, the state has seen huge health care reform, especially in regard to children’s coverage.

“There are now 580,000 children insured by the state of New Jersey,” said Chopra, a Rutgers College senior.

Both groups agreed the economy needs serious reform, such as an increase in jobs.

Cohen said Corzine is trying to save jobs, which would not work.

“You don’t save jobs; you create them,” he said. “We need to star t getting people employed. We need to get people like you [college students] employed right out of college.”

Chopra said Corzine plans on creating jobs such as construction and environmentallyfriendly “green” jobs.

But Cohen argued these jobs are only temporary.

“Chris Christie does not support government based jobs that have a timeline,” he said. “We’re looking for [the] long term.

We’re making sure you have a job, not for one month, not for two months — for 20 years.”

RU Dems member Christopher Pflaum said another huge issue is the cost of living in New Jersey.

Although New Jersey is one of the most expensive states to live in, Corzine is doing his best to make it more affordable, he said.

“In the last 10 years property taxes have increased less than ever,” said Pflaum, a School of Arts and Sciences junior.

The College Republicans argued that Corzine has been an enemy to higher education because he decreased the University’s budget and funding.

But the RU Dems said Corzine has been trying hard to support higher education, taking into consideration that the University is not the only public university in the state.

“He realizes he needs to support higher education in New Jersey [and] keep [students] in New Jersey,” Pflaum said.

A question addressed to the College Republicans was: If Christie does support higher education, why he is planning to reject $2 billion dollars in stimulus funds, which would support higher education?

The College Republicans said Christie will reject these funds, but that does not mean he does not support higher education.

“Chris is going to create real growth that is going to make New Jersey prosperous again,” Cohen said.

Students at the debate said it was helpful and brought out some issues that they were not aware of.

“The whole event was beneficial,” said Adam Nadeau, a School of Environmental and Biological Sciences senior.

School of Arts and Sciences senior Raziel Gido said although she is still undecided, she thought both parties helped her understand what issues were important and what each candidate supports.

“Both parties made good cases,” Gido said.

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Internet robbing kids of childhood

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t should be no surprise that the age of users on social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace is getting younger. Posting pictures, changing statuses and playing games through special applications are no longer just for teenagers or adults. Some researchers suggest that these kids are going to suffer from communication issues, as well as possibly suffering from Internet addiction. Others disagree and say there is no solid research to back up such accusations. There is a problem with the use of such sites — or the Internet in general — at younger ages. The problem is not necessarily just about communication, but also about the loss of something very valuable. The Internet is taking away from the childhood you are supposed to get when you are that age and is aiding in the existing problem of children behaving too mature for their mental, emotional and physical capacity.

According to CNN, researchers say a growing number of children are flouting age requirements on sites such as Facebook and MySpace or using social networking sites designed just for them. In two surveys reported this year by Pew Internet Research of 700 and 935 teens, respectively, 38 percent of respondents ages 12 to 14 said they had an online profile of some sort. But it is not just tweens being targeted by Internet fads. There are social networking sites designed to attract the attention of users as young as 5 years old. Sites such as Disney’s Club Penguin — mainly a game site but with limited social functions — WebKinz and Whyville feature more restricted and supervised networking. Children as young as 5 years old have accounts at KidSwirl, a kids’ social networking site patterned loosely on Facebook.

The idea of what it means to have a childhood has changed through the generations. We grow up hearing stories of our parents’ generation being outside and running around with their friends until dinner. They talk about participating in activities that made them use their imagination or get out of the house in some kind of physical activity. Our generation had a little more technology introduced to it, but games of make believe and baseball were still played with neighborhood friends, and after school play dates were still set up by parents. Today there is almost no need for such things. Kids can participate in online chats, and these cyber worlds created by Webkinz and Club Penguin allow children to interact via the Internet. Parents no longer have to drive their kids to their friends’ houses because they can have a virtual play date.

This virtual reality also eliminates the need for imagination. Why make up your own games with stuffed animals and dolls when sites like the one for Webkinz give you Internet games to play? Many toys now come with a special code to register on a particular Web site and games with the character you create. Hell, you can’t even eat a box of cereal these days with out having the option to join a special cyber world.

These options only encourage kids to sit home and spend hours playing on their computers instead of going out into the real world to have face-to-face interaction with family and friends. The encouragement not only comes from commercials and the spread of popular trends, but also the parents who allow them to sit in front of the computer like a mindless zombie. When children as young as 5 are social networking, a lot has to be said about the parents because the computer, like the television, is a great babysitter for a kid. It keeps kids out of their parents’ hair, so they are free to concentrate on things they want to do. Instead of the old-fashioned way of yelling at your kids to get fresh air, parents can have their kids stay safe in their own home, where an eye can be kept on them while not actually having to deal with their children.

Besides losing the make believe and physical activity parts of childhood, kids are also exposed to a lot more on the Internet at a younger age. Advertisements for dating, celebrity looks, exercise and what society deems as “cool and acceptable” are seen on social networking sites.

This can give them a predisposition about self worth and the things that one should value. By being friends with older family members or just older people in general, there is also exposure to more mature activities. Pictures of people drinking, partying and acting out in what can be deemed as promiscuous behavior will be seen by these kids, especially on a site like MySpace, where it is easier and more acceptable to be friends with people they may not know personally. That being said, they may be more impressionable with the older sister or cousin they are friends with on Facebook or MySpace. They will see these activities going on and be more susceptible to thinking they are OK at a younger age. Boys posing shirtless, trying to be macho and girls taking pictures of themselves in bikinis looking in bathroom mirrors are disturbing enough to see, but it takes it to a whole new level when 11 and 12-year -olds are starting to behave this way. It all contributes to the mindset that they are more mature than they actually are.

People should start looking at this problem of young people using social networking sites. They will always have to be able to communicate in the real world, but these sites will contribute to the way they are presenting themselves in that reality. It will also affect the way they behave, and it will only get worse as the generations progress and parents become less involved in their children’s lives.

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ing for it was approved by the f you should ever visit legislature just last May. the U.S. Supreme Most individuals who Court, you might notice oppose the expansion of that scattered quite surreptirights for gay citizens argue tiously around the building that they do not constitute a are turtles. Of course, I do minority group eligible for not mean the living, breathspecial protection, or someing, disease-bearing kind.

ERIC KNECHT thing legally known as a Rather, carved into the bot“suspect class.” If gay cititoms of lampposts, adorning zens did qualify under this category — which I some of the fixtures and even sold inside the gift believe they should — they would be offered the shop are small figures bearing their image. If you same heightened legal protections given to individwere to ask one of the court’s docents why this is uals who are discriminated against based on race, so, he or she would respond quite happily that it is religion and to some extent gender. The thrust of to embody the “slow and deliberate pace of the most arguments against placing them as a “suspect law.” For some, this evokes the imagery of a strong class”— or at least the ones worth discrediting — and stable judicial system, designed to withstand is that sexual preference is a choice, rather than a an ever-vacillating and charged public opinion. For genetic trait such as race and gender or a decision others, this is a poignant reminder of how long and we may not control such as religious affiliation. hard individuals often have to fight to see their As science continues to bring forth evidence rights materialized via court opinions, federal that homosexuality is a genetic trait, the courts will statutes and constitutional rights. The turtle then have to rethink the issue of “choice.” In the here is quite an appropriate analogy for the current batand now, however, there are tle raging in this country over encouraging signs that the federthe expansion of gay rights — it “While important, these al government is taking steps to has been painfully slow, but the gay community the headed in what I believe is the piece-meal advancements afford types of protections that were correct direction.

The dilemma for most are mostly just buildup to given to racial minority groups half a century ago. On Oct. 28, Americans who give thought to the pivotal issue — President Barack Obama signed the issue of gay rights, particuinto law a bill that would expand larly same-sex marriage, is that federal protection for the definition of hate crimes to it is entangled in a web of same-sex marriage.” include those committed deeply-held moral beliefs and because of an individual’s sexual legal philosophies. According orientation. Two days later, the to a June 2009 poll, less than 50 president lifted a 22-year ban on travel to the percent of Americans support same-sex marUnited States by individuals who are HIV-positive. riage. Breaking these numbers down by state, While important, these piece-meal advanceonly six states have more than 50 percent supments are mostly just buildup to the pivotal issue port for same-sex marriage (and just barely at — federal protection for same-sex marriage. The that), as opposed to a majority of states remaincurrent state of marriage rights for gays has been ing below 40 percent approval — with Alabama at correctly compared to education for blacks before a dismal 25 percent.

1954; that is, separate but grossly unequal. The But even if these numbers seem obvious, and path toward equality remains stymied by the back partially expected, it raises an important constituand forth battle being waged by moderately protional question: In cases where the majority of the gressive courts and open-minded legislatures on state disapproves of an act such as same-sex marthe one hand, and conservative-minded citizens riage, should they be allowed to vote into law a probacked by a federal judiciary hesitant to take any hibition against it? In other words, should we allow bold new steps on the other. The question then the opinion of a majority to take away certain rights becomes when will the Supreme Court confront of a disfavored minority group? Thus far, 26 states the Brown v. Board of Education case of gay have allowed just this to happen. rights, a case which would strike down marriage Today for instance, the citizens of Maine will be voting on a measure that would take away the right SEE KNECHT ON PAGE 11 of same-sex marriage in the state, after a law allow-

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Get student representation by voting yes Letter AVI SCHER

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oday, students and residents from across New Br unswick will be given the opportunity to make histor y by voting for a wardbased council system. For years, students have been completely ignored by the city and viewed simply as a means to fill the city’s pocket. While the police have no difficulties writing tickets for “noise complaints,” issues relating to theft in students’ homes are routine-

KNECHT continued from page 10 prohibitions across all states with one fell swoop.

Interestingly enough, the answer is perhaps quite soon.

The constitutionality of Proposition 8, a referendum in California in 2008 that took away the right of same-sex marriage, is currently being challenged in court. If the case makes its way up to the Supreme Court, the country will finally get a decision

ly ignored. From April until October, alternate side parking is in effect so that our streets can be cleaned and yet, the city has not cleaned my street even once. Of course, if anybody ever forgets to move their car, the city has no issues immediately writing them a ticket.

Perhaps if some of the revenue from those tickets were invested in public garbage cans, our streets would not be so cluttered with trash that will never get cleaned.

Recently, there has been an increase in the literature littering our streets — some put out

under the guise of Unite New Brunswick and some by the mayor’s of fice itself.

Containing a list of arbitrar y statistics, they attempt to draw some sor t of cor relation between crime rates, proper ty tax and wards. UNB took the liber ty of choosing 11 cities — including Camden, Paterson and Newark — to prove the evils of wards while completely ignoring the other 54 municipalities across the state with ward-based council systems.

Among them is Plainfield, a city with a population of about 50,000 and of similar size to

New Brunswick, with a crime rate of 43 per 1,000 people as opposed to New Brunswick’s 58.4. My personal favorite is the flyer that attempts to compare New Br unswick and Montclair’s proper ty taxes without mentioning that the median home value is close to half a million dollars higher in Montclair.

The fact is that under the current system, we, the student residents of New Brunswick, make up nearly a quarter of the population and a third of the voting population but have zero representation on the City

Council. Today, not only students, but disenfranchised minorities throughout the city, have the opportunity to tell the city that it is time for our voice to be heard. Corrupt officials and the political machine will no longer silence us. Vote yes for wards!

on whether prohibition of samesex marriage by states is a violation of the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause. If the court decides it is, voters will be stripped of their ability to restrict gay rights via the ballot box, at least on the issue of same-sex marriage. Moreover, should the case be decided on the narrowest possible grounds, a victory would be one step closer to defining sexual orientation as an area properly classified as a “suspect class” alongside race and religion.

At some point during my education at the University, I was

taught, and came to believe, that many of our individual rights are so fundamental that they are to be protected from the schizophrenic public opinion of voters and partisan bickering of legislatures. This is why we enshrined certain rights within a constitution and ensured that it would be painfully difficult to later take them away. The right to be protected from discrimination based on sexual orientation should be no different and should be backed by the 14th Amendment.

As attitudes around the country slowly warm to the idea of

equal rights for gay citizens, the law will inevitably follow step.

Within 20 or 30 years — hopefully much sooner — this debate will seem antiquated, and restricting the rights of gays will seem no more acceptable than telling black children they cannot attend certain public schools.

Until that point, we will have to continue to listen to loosely-reasoned arguments about same-sex marriage “corrupting the youth” and “ruining the institution of marriage” and wonder how these arguments are any different from those used to oppose interracial

marriage and integrated education decades ago. On such a divisive issue, it is ultimately going to be the turtle pace of the law, “slow and deliberate,” which will have to be endured. As Maine votes, and California debates their ability to do so, we can only hope that the turtle is marching in the right direction.

Avi Scher is a School of Ar ts and Sciences sophomore majoring in religion and Middle Eastern studies. He is also a College Avenue Council representative, Rutgers University Student Assembly representative and Targum student trustee.

Eric Knecht is a Rutgers College senior majoring in economics and history. His column, “Unfair and Unbalanced,” runs on alternate Tuesdays. He welcomes feedback at eknecht@eden.rutgers.edu.

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MITCHELL: Forward owns championship experience continued from back game,” Hill said. “He does everything well. I don’t know if there is anything he does that is off the charts, but I don’t know if there isn’t anything he doesn’t do well.

“He’s one of those guys that make other players better. He has a great feel for the game and when he has the ball he knows what to do next and that is something we’ve lacked in the past.”

Rosario is happy to have some help.

“I feel as though I’m not going to have to do as much scoring because we have multiple players on this team that can put the ball in the basket — and that’s one thing that we lacked on last year,” Rosario said at Media Day while making sure to point out Mitchell across the room.

“Nobody on my team could make open shots besides me, and it will be great because that takes a lot of pressure off me and teams have to start worrying about our other players.”

But Mitchell is not the only new guy that is trying to help. Six

players will don a Rutgers uniform for the first time in a competitive game.

“The whole nature of the team — and that’s not to say the people here before us were bad guys or teammates — but the whole mentality has changed,” Mitchell said. “We have the makeup of a team now, and all the guys coach Hill brought in was key because those people he spent time recruiting and building a relationship with — I think he has the right group of guys moving for ward.”

Mitchell is ready — you can tell by the way he smiles at the mention of returning to the court for competitive games.

“It’s exciting [to be back],” he said. “Being away from the game competitively wasn’t easy, but I used it as a positive. I worked over the summer and at practice last season to learn the system. It makes you appreciate the game a lot more.”

The next step is bringing RU into the national spotlight.

Mitchell said he thinks this team can start that process.

“You’re either going to hop on the train with us,” he said, “or you’re going to stay at the station.”

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ROWE: Sophomore snared continued from back Earlier in the game, the Knights performed as it came to be expected — they created takeaways. Three interceptions highlighted the defense’s play as the cornerbacks continued to play well.

McCourty made six tackles and broke up two passes while the young corner opposite him impressed again.

Against Texas Southern, sophomore David Rowe returned an interception for a touchdown. Against Army, he shut down a 6-foot-10 wide receiver and Saturday he made

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seven tackles and intercepted his second career pass.

Rowe, inserted into the starting lineup in the Knights’ third game, was a constant presence.

“He’s a guy who has been here for two years now,” McCourty said. “I expect David to make plays and do what he’s supposed to do at the corner.”

It is what Rowe expects himself and McCourty to do as well.

Rowe’s interception contributed to RU’s plus-18 turnover margin — a statistic that could define this season as much as the freshman Savage’s 81-yard pass to senior wideout Brown.

“It’s a tribute to how hard we’re working in trying to create takeaways,” Rowe said. “We don’t want to be a weakness. We hold ourselves to a high standard in

the secondary to make plays. The whole defense does, but in the secondary I know we hold ourselves to high standards and expect to make plays.”

Since the week one debacle when Cincinnati quarterback Tony Pike picked the secondary apart, the Knights allowed less than one passing touchdown per game.

The Knights knew what they had in McCourty this season, but the second cornerback spot was a question — one that could potentially be answered by a freshman.

Rowe answered it for not only this year, but potentially for the next four as well.

“He’s doing what I expect him to do,” McCourty said. “He came in as a freshman making plays and now he’s stepped up and he’s starting at corner.”

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Eighth-place finish ends uneven fall campaign

BY KEVIN O’ROURKE STAFF WRITER

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Freshman midfielder Maura McLaughlin racked up 11 starts in her 20 games this season, helping fill one of the many voids left by injured starters on the Rutgers women’s soccer team.

DIFFERENCE: NCAA Tournament next on slate continued from back But thanks to the effort his team put in, that road has not ended yet.

The Knights are all but a lock for an at-large bid to the

NCAA Tournament.

If things work out according to plan, they will be home for the first two rounds of the tournament and will be favored in their first two matches.

But after two years of some of the most bizarre, improbable luck imaginable, the Knights are not banking on anything right now.

“Especially for our senior class, this is their swan song, and for that group not to have all the weapons available to them to go as far as we can into these tournaments is disappointing,” Crooks said. “And a less strong, less resilient unit might not deal with it the way we have. … In a lot of ways, what we’ve done already this season is remarkable.”

The Rutgers men’s golf team concluded its fall schedule with an eighthMEN’S GOLF place finish in last weekend’s inaugural Big East Match Play Event.

Second-seeded Louisville defeated top seed Notre Dame to finish first among the 11-team field at the par-71, 7015 yard Pine Needles Golf Club.

“It was very good,” said head coach Jason Bataille. “The young guys and Jordan [Gibbs] were instrumental in winning our first match. It showed the rest of the Big East how competitive we can be.”

The 10th-seeded Scarlet Knights sprang an opening round upset of seventh-seeded Marquette on the strength of victories by senior captain Gibbs, senior James Hilaire and sophomore Andrew Tursky. RU then dropped successive decisions to Louisville, 11th-seeded South Florida and fourth-seeded Cincinnati.

Competing in the number five spot, Gibbs also notched decisive wins against his opponents from South Florida and Cincinnati.

After being left out of the starting rotation in two of the Knights’ previous four tournaments, Bataille was thrilled to see Gibbs follow up a solid Connecticut Cup showing with another strong effort.

“The monumental job that Jordan did was awesome,” Bataille said.

Gibbs’ three-day total was in the vicinity of an astounding 10 under par.

“It’s just an incredible performance for anybody in the Big East regardless of what team they play on,” Bataille said.

Tursky’s play was also a positive for the Knights. Consistency enabled the underclassman to become the only one of RU’s six players to earn at least a split in each of the four rounds.

Promising freshman Gene Yang returned to the traveling squad for the first time since the Delaware Scotty Duncan Classic and played in the number three spot. The highlight of Yang’s matches came in a victory over Louisville’s Karsten Clements, who finished second in the 2009 Big East Championship.

“Gene certainly asserted himself,” Bataille said. “He showed that he can play anybody and beat anybody.”

Seniors Jimmy Arbes and JF Sorbella contended in the number two and four spots, respectively.

Arbes bested his opponent from South Florida in round two action but overall was unable to replicate the success of his fifth-place Connecticut Cup finish. Sorbella failed to record a victory but did salvage a split in final round play with Cincinnati.

“It brought a whole aspect to college golf that we never experienced and it makes tournaments more team-oriented,” Bataille said. “The more match play events they could bring to college golf, the more popular college golf will get.”

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ON PACE FOR STATISTICAL MASTERPIECE

BY SAM HELLMAN ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Senior receiver Tim Brown is ready to put it all behind him.

The tragic loss of his best friend Jasper Howard, the epic 81-yard score to take down Connecticut — all of it. For the senior wide receiver, it’s all about another Thursday night battle for the Rutgers football team against South Florida.

“I watched it like four times to get it out of my system, but

that’s UConn and we have to move on,” Brown said. “We have to get better as a team. My focus is on getting ready for the next game. “[That play] was just never giving up. As a team, we just never gave up. After they scored, I looked in everybody’s eyes and we knew we got this.

There was too much time on the clock.”

The day after the Connecticut game, however, Brown got a call from former Scarlet Knight

Kenny Britt, but the call may not have been as congratulatory as one might think.

Because after his 162-yard, two touchdown performance, Brown now has a shot to take down Britt’s single-season receiving record on the Banks.

“I talked to him last night.

He’s just focused on this season in the NFL, and he’s doing a great job. He said ‘I told you man, your time is going to come.’ And now it’s here,” Brown said.

Brown has 811 yards and five touchdowns and is on pace for 1,216 yards this season — 1,317 if Rutgers wins one more game and plays in its fifth-consecutive Bowl.

Britt’s school record is 1,371 yards.

“I’m just working and trying to be the best I can be. I’m trying to get up with Kenny Britt and Tiquan Under wood,” Brown said. “I’ve always looked up to those guys. It means just going out and playing my hardest every game, and the stats are going to happen.”

Brown is already seventh in single-season receiving yards and needs five more touchdowns to tie Marco Battaglia’s touchdown record in one season.

Brown is nowhere near Britt’s school record of 3,043 career yards, but needs just one more to tie the school record for career receiving touchdowns (17).

“He’s just a ridiculous athlete,” said true freshman quarterback Tom Savage.

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Senior Tim Brown has 811 receiving yards and five touchdowns this season and is not far off Kenny Britt’s school-record pace.

THE FIRST TIME THIS

season, two members of the Scarlet Knights earned weekly Big East honors for the same game.

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After returning a kickoff for a touchdown vs. Connecticut, senior Devin McCourty earned Big East Special Teams Player of the Week.

Brown earned Big East Offensive Player of the Week after his explosive day, and senior cornerback Devin McCour ty earned Big East Special Teams Player of the Week after his 98-yard kick return for a touchdown to open the game.

“I tr y to keep special teams in focus just so I can do my job out there on special teams,” McCour ty said. “I mean sometimes you can make a play on special teams to change the game.”

McCourty is the second Knight to earn the honor this season after junior punter Teddy Dellaganna won the award after the Maryland game.

THE WIN OVER Connecticut marked the fifth consecutive road victory for the Knights dating back to last season. If Rutgers beats Louisville and Syracuse on the road to close out the season — the two schools are 0-6 in-conference thus far — it would be the first time since 1976 that RU goes undefeated on the road.

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Stringer: No such thing as freshmen

BY STEVEN WILLIAMSON SENIOR WRITER

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yracuse star wideout Mike Williams quit the team yesterday, said head coach Doug Marrone in a press conference.

The junior left voluntarily, Marrone said, and he would not elaborate on why Williams walked away from the team.

Williams was one of the Orange’s greatest weapons, putting up 746 yards on 49 receptions this season for six touchdowns. He is ranked first in the Big East in receptions per contest and receiving yardage.

In his three seasons at Syracuse, Williams racked up 133 receptions for 2,044 yards and 20 touchdowns.

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Luke Harangody, the Preseason Big East Player of the Year, headlines the Associated Press’ All-American team announced yesterday.

The Kansas duo of Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins, Duke’s Kyle Singler and Kentucky’s Patrick Patterson round out the five Preseason All-Americans.

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Florida Gators will be without linebacker Brandon Spikes for the first half of Saturday’s game against Vanderbilt.

Head coach Urban Meyer suspended Spikes yesterday, two days after he attempted to gouge the eyes of Georgia running back Washaun Ealey in a 41-17 victory.

OLYMPIC

GOLD MEDALIST

Usain Bolt, the world’s fastest man, adopted the animal kingdom’s fastest sprinter yesterday. Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named Lightning Bolt into his life.

The Jamaican sprinter’s sponsorship of the 3-monthold male cheetah is part of an effort to boost Kenyan conser vation ef for ts of its famous wildlife.

When asked about the tall task the trio of freshmen face this season, C. Vivian Stringer put it best.

“There WOMEN’S BASKETBALL is no question, there is no such thing as a freshman and there is no point in talking about it,” the head coach said.

With all the noted departures in the offseason, little attention has been paid to the Rutgers women’s basketball team’s incoming class, featuring two McDonald’s All-Americans in Monique Oliver and Erica Wheeler and the No. 13 forward in the country in Christine Huber.

Perhaps that is all for the better, because in order for the team to stay strong throughout the year, the freshmen need to make an impact on the court, said senior guard Brittany Ray. “Our freshmen, they’re going to be thrown into the fire,” she said. “We only have 10 people this year so it’s going to be crucial that everybody plays — we’re going to have to bring everybody along and make sure we all compete and show a lot of effort.”

Ranked as the sixth overall prospect in the country, Oliver originally signed a letter of intent to play at Southern California, but was granted a release after the Trojans’ head coach resigned. A month later, she committed to Rutgers, and is prepared to make her presence felt on the court.

If the pressure of playing No. 2 Stanford to start the season is high, the forward isn’t showing it.

“I’m not really [feeling pressure], I’m just here to learn new things and make my game better, so I’m just really here to learn,” Oliver said. “I’m a little nervous but excited at the same time, so I can’t wait [for the season.]”

While Huber, a 6-foot-4 forward from New York, has seen her fair share of coaches from the high school level, playing for a coach who was just enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame is of another caliber entirely.

“Coach Stringer is amazing.

I’ve had a lot of good coaches in the past, but when she talks she really makes sure you get what she’s saying and she explains why, so it’s not just like ‘do this,’ it’s ‘do this because,’” Huber said.

“That doesn’t just help you understand, it helps you remember and you will get better.”

For Wheeler, a gifted athlete with a good jump shot, the

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After last year’s freshman class posted 2.1 points per game as a unit, this year’s first-year trio of Christine Huber, left, Erica Wheeler and Monique Oliver are expected to make an impact. mantra is to go hard every time she hits the floor.

Ranked the fifth best point guard in the 2009 class, and 39th best player overall in the nation, the Miami native knows what Stringer and her teammates expect of her this year.

“Coming here, I knew that by playing for coach Stringer, coach likes to play hard,” Wheeler said.

“My expectation is that when I come out I have to give it my all, I can’t leave anything behind when I practice, play or anything; both myself and the team, we have to go hard.”

Though the freshmen may not be fully ready coming out of the gate, Stringer emphasized the importance of having them finish strong. Still, she expects a maximum effort from the three as they continue to adjust to playing in the top conference in the nation.

“We all have to share the responsibility,” Stringer said.

“The freshmen can’t hide. The freshmen have to hold themselves accountable.”

Stringer’s challenge is one the three are ready and willing to accept.

“We are some strong freshmen — there’s not a day that we’ve come here and haven’t worked hard. Even if we’re hurting we still work hard,” Wheeler said. “All coach [Stringer] cares about is if you have heart and if you show some effort; she doesn’t want you to be flashy.”

While the incoming class is not as heralded as last year’s — which featured five All-Americans — the team is prepared to help them adjust to college ball so they can make strong contributions.

Although last year’s crop of recruits were counted on to impress, the highly-touted quintet only managed an average of 2.1 points per game, and only three remain on the roster for the upcoming season.

“I don’t want them to struggle like we freshmen did last year, so we need to make it as easy as possible,” said sophomore guard Nikki Speed. “Don’t listen to how coach Stringer says something, but do listen to what she says because she is tr ying to help us play to the best of our ability.”

Having the strong support base is critical for a team who was picked to finish sixth in the Big East going into the season.

The leadership has already made an impact on the three, while their work ethic has equally impressed the upperclassmen. “[The freshmen are] doing tremendously well. They’ve come in with open minds and they’re so willing to learn,” Ray said. “… I think that’s so good that you have freshman who are willing to learn and it brings a positive outlook on things.”

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Mitchell hungry to win after year out Rowe solidifies second starting cornerback spot

BY KYLE FRANKO ASSOCIATE SPORTS EDITOR

Jonathan Mitchell was here last season.

He sat on the bench during games, practiced MEN’S BASKETBALL with the team and endured a difficult 1121 debacle just like everybody else.

But he didn’t play.

The junior sat out the 2008-09 season under NCAA transfer regulations after arriving on the Banks from Florida, where he was part of the Gators’ 2006-07 National Championship team.

“Was it difficult? Yeah, at times. I mean, because human nature is you want to be out there with your teammates, and there were games where we would go in and I would feel like if I was out there we could have a better chance to win,” Mitchell said last week at Media Day. “But hey, I transferred for a reason and I decided to be here at Rutgers.”

Now that he is here and ready to play, the Scarlet Knights expect Mitchell to bring that championship experience to a team sorely in need of leadership and direction.

“I see myself as a leader,” Mitchell said. “I think [head coach Fred Hill Jr.] wanted me to be a leader by example and part of that is being more vocal. I’m definitely thinking that I can be more vocal with me being an older guy with my experiences.”

Those experiences began in Gainesville, Fla., where Mitchell was part of a team that included NBA draft picks Corey Brewer, Taurean Green, Al Horford, Joakim Noah and Marreese Speights.

While Mitchell acknowledges how much he learned at Florida, he is also quick to point out that he is in a completely different situation now that he is in New Jersey.

“I can’t really say [how the experience at Florida will help] because Florida was Florida and Rutgers is Rutgers,” Mitchell said. “That was a completely different team, but we’re trying to make our own identity. I can only bring the experience I had out there and what I learned from [Florida head coach] Billy Donovan because he’s a great coach.

“Basically, I think I can bring the work ethic and the competitive atmosphere to the

BY STEVEN MILLER CORRESPONDENT

some of the load off sophomore Mike Rosario would be an understatement.

“Jonathan’s brought great leadership, great basketball IQ and a great feel for the

It was the perfect time to return the favor.

Trailing by three with 38 seconds left, the Rutgers football team’s offense bailed out a defense that did the FOOTBALL same thing for the stagnant offense so many times before.

Ahead by 11 points entering the fourth quarter, the Scarlet Knights surrendered their lead on a 15-play, 87-yard Connecticut touchdown drive.

Then, Tom Savage to Tim Brown happened.

“Afterwards we realized there was nothing else we could do as a defense, but we believe in our offense,” senior cornerback Devin McCourty said. “To see the progress our offense has made from game one to now shows practicing hard pays off.”

The Knights’ offense would not have the opportunity to shine if not for the defensive letdown on the final drive.

The defense allowed 373 passing yards in the game, but 194 of them came in the final quarter. UConn was one of four on third down conversions on the last scoring drive but converted all three fourth downs.

“At the end of the half … I really felt like we were playing great defense,” head coach Greg Schiano said. “In the second half I didn’t feel that way. Even on the final drive, we stopped them three of the four plays, but we didn’t stop them on the fourth. We were just not able to close them out on defense.”

In the final quarter of the first seven games, RU’s defense allowed 15 points. That number nearly doubled Saturday when UConn found the end zone twice.

The scoring drives that combined for 169 yards, 23 plays and 14 points were anomalies for the usually stout defense.

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RAMON DOMPOR/ ASSOCIATE PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

After sitting out last season under NCAA transfer regulations, junior forward Jonathan Mitchell will be counted on to provide veteran leadership to a young Scarlet Knights squad.

guys everyday in practice and it can trickle down to everybody.”

The Knights got a taste of what the smooth southpaw brings to the table in practice last season, but to say the Mt. Vernon, N.Y., native will not be counted on to take

Commentary: Healthy players make difference

BY CHRIS MELCHIORRE CORRESPONDENT

ANDREW HOWARD/ PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR

Redshirt freshman forward April Price stepped into a heavier role as injuries started to devastate the Rutgers women’s soccer team. Price has three goals on the season.

This certainly was not the way the Rutgers women’s soccer team drew it up in the beginning of the year. But then again, WOMEN’S SOCCER having things not go according to plan is nothing new to the Scarlet Knights.

The Knights’ 1-0 loss to West Virginia in Sunday’s quarterfinal round of the Big East tournament could not help but bring to mind thoughts of what could have been.

Where would RU be if it had just one of its six injured star ters in Sunday’s match?

The list of offensive weapons the Knights did not have at their disposal against West Virginia is extensive. It includes redshirt freshman Jonelle Filigno, who is widely regarded as the best female goal-scorer under the age of 20 in the entire nation of Canada. It includes senior Gina DeMaio, who entered the year on the pre-season Herman Trophy watch list. And it includes junior Ashley Jones, who still leads the team in points and was the player who all but picked up the Knights’ offense and carried them on her back in the early parts of this season.

It’s staggering to think where this team would be with all of these players on the field at the same time. But

it’s even more staggering to see where the Knights have gotten without them. RU’s starting lineup — the starting lineup of the ninth-ranked team in the countr y — is filled with former subs, with freshmen and with players who came into this season just tr ying to get their legs under them after suffering major injuries of their own the year before.

These players were thrown into the spotlight of one of the highest profile women’s soccer teams in the country, and they responded by helping to vault RU to its highest national ranking in school history.

“When somebody goes down, the first thing you feel is ver y sorr y for the person who got injured, because you know all that they put into this,” Rutgers head coach Glenn Crooks said. “But I always say that the team will sur vive and we’ll figure it out. And I think the coaching staf f and the players have been ver y good with that.”

One of the first things that came to Crooks’ mind after his team’s loss Sunday was the enormity of what he’s asked his players to do this season. He knows it’s been a long road for everyone involved.

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